Okay I located a transmission with transfer case yesterday in Salt Lake City from a crashed 1999 Trooper 2 w/TOD. I paid $400 for the pair and $150 shipping. It has 80K miles on it.

Seems like a lot of miles but considering mine has 162K on it, mileage wise its half as old as mine....now if it only works!! We'll see next week.

I have a mechanic friend who will do the install for 1/2 price ($300) book says its 6 1/2 hrs. r&r. I will help with the install.

I had an Aamco shop in the 70's and swore to myself I would never ever get that stinky ATF on me again. Yuck!! You sweat it out of your hands and fingers for days after!!

The Aamco package is a good deal. But , Aamco is pricey because they have a franchise fee and advertising pool equal to about 15% of gross (when I was with them, maybe more now). But there nationwide quarantee is there main strength and free towing. In my day we gave a "Car Ownership" guarantee but I guess they changed it to 4 years. What's the diff! If your going to have a tranny problem after a rebuild its gonna usually show up usually within 90 days. 80% of the "yoyo's" we had were leakers. Then about 10-15% were valve body, modulator, governor issues (electronic issues today probably), then 5-10% major component issues where we had to pull the unit out. Most would go bad in the first 6 months after the rebuild. I was in the biz for 5 years and can't recall a, "comeback" that was out there 4 years down the road. But $3800 ouch!!

I'll keep posted on future developments...

John